Kind of fascinating. After the playoffs, Buffalo was pretty clear that they did not like that Staal was their defacto #1 centre. They needed an upgrade there.
MJ can play all three forward positions. A lot of versatility added.
One reason why the Wild tried to sell Parise to the Islanders was because Parise's game doesn't translate well to the bottom six, and Ladd's would. They see a lot of promise in Greenway, and have Boldy, Kaprizov and Beckman all on their way into the LW position, all projected as top six players.
This screams top six centre coming in, and already completed in essence by the movement of Staal. Likely a nice LW piece going out, Dumba, or both.
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